Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

Furthermore, the Black men that attend postsecondary institutions, reportedly have the lowest retention rates of all groups. Nonetheless, many colleges and universities do not authentically or intentionally translate these recommendations into meaningful and actionable policies to help facilitate Black male success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. That sends a powerful message to students and also the faculty that they’re valued, and it has led to retention and growth.” Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

If your community college is struggling to have those conversations, outside facilitators can support you. Establishing processes that seek to understand the need of each military-connected learner from a holistic viewpoint can inform persistence and retention. 2) Who are your military-connected learners and how do you know?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues. Peer learning facilitators are students who successfully passed the course they are being hired for, and some have previously been recipients of AAP peer learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Census Bureau’s 2020 Census. The mentorship program is meant to provide incoming students the settings and opportunities to prepare themselves for academic careers, all the while facilitating connection among one another. “That encompasses a whole other set of diverse ethnicities, covering Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, [and] Buddhist folks.”

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Mentoring Mental health Curriculum Teaching 279

COE

APRIL 7, 2023

Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 4, 2024

The Challenge: Facing declining retention and cumbersome scheduling, JAX State needed to address barriers to enrollment. The Strategy: Implement a seamless registration experience that facilitates student persistence to the next term, providing advisors additional time and opportunities to connect with students.

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